Lithuania and Poland have postponed signing an agreement on a new nuclear power plant at least until November, DPA quoted Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas as saying on Wednesday. "Energy companies are currently negotiating the terms and the agreement between government leaders may be signed in November," he said. Last week, Kirkilas said he hoped the agreement would be signed this week during the international security forum held in the Lithuanian capital. However, last week after Polish Economy Minister Piotr Wozniak threatened that his country might stall the bilateral energy projects if it had not received what it wanted. Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland are planning to build a 3,200 to 3,400-megawatt-capacity nuclear power plant near Ignalina in Lithuania to offset their dependence on Russian energy sources. It is the second time the final step in the agreement on the construction of the new nuclear power plant has been delayed.
